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Man Who Missed His Breakfast (1940s ca.)

This film begins with a family about to eat breakfast. To keep track of their nutrition, the family has a chart to keep track of whether or not everyone finishes their meals. An expected visitor for the morning’s breakfast, Uncle Bill, a military spy with an eye out for Soviets, misses breakfast. We rejoin the […]

Eat For Health (1954)

Using the five fingers of each hand as a check off device, the film identifies a food group with each finger. Using this system, Ralph learns to eat a balanced diet and has more fun because of his better health. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. eat-for-health-1954

Trouble With Women, The (1959)

Provokes a discussion about the good points and drawback of women factory workers. A foreman gets assigned a new woman employee and boy, does he bitch and moan.. Contact footage@avgeeks.com for more information. trouble-with-women-the-1959

Adventures of Chip And Dip (1968)

The recently re-christened Potato Chip Institute International (formerly the National Potato Chip Institute) commissioned this ultra-rare promotional film extolling the myriad virtues of potato chips: easily digestible — a natural source of salt — 93.3% pure energy! The short begins with two animated leprechauns, Chip and Dip, happily prattling away about the history of potato […]

Danger Is Your Companion (1948)

Directed by Joe Weil and presented by the American National Red Cross, this film explains how the American Red Cross is attempting to alert people about safety hazards and emergency situations. The film elaborates on various hazards and situations in need of public attention – diseases, accidents, and other causes of death – and highlights […]

What Made Sammy Speed? (1957)

Narrated by a juvenile police officer, this fictional film focuses on Sammy Robertson, a teenage driver with apt motor skills who is killed in a traffic accident caused by speeding. The film shows the steps leading up to Sammy’s accident: his background as a driver, his attitude behind the wheel, his peer’s influence on his […]

In Focus (1958 ca.)

Program is about television broadcasting and the uses of television in one community, that of Binghamton, New York. Interviewed about television are an aviation plant technician, a dairy farmer, a housewife, a librarian, a teacher and a museum director. Excerpts featured in this documentary include a program on fighter pilots flying in formation, narrated by […]

Stop Driving Us Crazy (1961)

In this animated film, we follow Rusty, a visitor from outer space who journeys to earth and finds that he can communicate with cars. He discovers that the ‘two legs’ who capture and ride in cars often act without intelligence. He is captured by one of these creatures and experiences this first hand. Their use […]

Orange And Blue (1969)

Provides a visual perspective of the world as seen by two child-like personalities, orange and blue. Juxtaposes visual images with a musical score. An experimental film using color and music to create moods. Follows the adventures of an orange ball and a blue ball as they play in the countryside and in a junkyard. Contact […]

Miracle Of Living (1947)

A bitter look at the price of fornication, this black and white film follows, Jane, a young newspaper reporter as she tells about her relationship with Frank, an Army GI whom she has waited to return home from war. We follow their story beginning during the war. We watch as Frank returns on holiday leave […]

Sweet Sunday Gone

A kid learns importance of gun safety when he shoots his friend with a rifle. The story is intercut with the scene of a gun safety instructor explaining the responsibilities involved with gun use. The film features extended footage of the friend in the operating room and eventually his death on a hospital bed drives […]